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Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Father of Medicine (lived in the 400s BC) was

a)

King Louis XIV

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Galileo

d)

Michael Jordan

2.

Euclid was a really smart guy who lived from 365 - 300 B.C. He did all of the following except:

a)

started a school in Alexandria, Egypt

b)

developed a principle used in geometry

c)

wrote 13 books about geometry called The Elements

d)

ate at McDonalds every Saturday

3.

Euclid was known as

a)

The Father of Medicine

b)

The Father of Greece

c)

The Father of Modern Chemistry

d)

The Father of Geometry

4.

This person lived in Alexandria, Egypt in 276 BC and died in 194 BC. He was an early Greek astronomer who not only developed the lines of latitude and longitude but also determined the distance around the earth with great accuracy. His name was

a)

Bingo

b)

Erastosthenes

c)

Albert the Great

d)

Sir William Herschel

5.

Whose geometry did Eratosthenes use to calculate the tilt of the earth's axis and the circumference of the earth?

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Mrs. Oudyn

c)

Mr. Gonnerman

d)

Euclid

6.

Sir Isaac Newton (choose all that apply)

a)

developed an advanced from of Calculus

b)

discovered the laws of motion and gravity

c)

played video games all day

d)

invented the reflecting telescope

7.

This Dominican Friar who lived in the 1200s (choose all that apply)

a)

made French fries at Portillo's

b)

introduced Muslim documents to universities

c)

established the oldest university in Germany

d)

studied minerals and discovered arsenic

e)

was Albert the Great

8.

This English man lived in the 1200s and made significant contributions in the areas of physics, geography, and optics. He was the first person to write down the formula for gunpowder.

a)

Copernicus

b)

Edmund Halley

c)

James Ham

d)

Roger Bacon

9.

Who was the first to present the idea that the earth revolved around the sun: Aristarchus who lived in 310 BC or Copernicus 1473-1543

(a)  

10.

This Italian was from Pisa and lived from 1564-1642. He supported Copernicus by using the newly invented telescope. He got into trouble with the Catholic Church and spent much of his life under house-arrest.

a)

Euclid

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Papa John

d)

Eratosthenes